As Brownstoner reported this morning, the Greater Kensington String Band is selling its long-standing Tacony residence [photo].

The hall, at Cottman Avenue and Edmund Street — near recently rehabbed Russo Park and nightmarish I95 construction — has been home to the mummers brigade for the past 45 years. continue reading »

Police in Tacony are looking for a car in the Delaware River.

An off-duty police officer told authorities he drove the car into the river near Levick and Milnor streets under the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. The officer reportedly said he ended up in the river after making a wrong turn, and then swam to shore.

Two people were injured early yesterday morning in a car crash in Tacony.

Around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, two vehicles crashed at Torresdale Avenue and Disston Street, and one of the drivers had to be extracted from the vehicle by medical professionals. continue reading »

Residents of Wissinoming and Tacony flocked to the American Legion Playground at Torresdale Avenue and Devereaux Street Saturday for the second annual True Vine Church Community Carnival.

The event had a central theme: community.

“It’s important because it helps build community,” said Luis Sanchez, the Pastoral Intern at True Vine. “Neighbors that don’t necessarily talk to each other come out and talk to each other. They see each other. Individual relationships can begin to form. Corporate relationships with the church can also begin to form. That’s a beautiful thing.” continue reading »

I think a lot about how drastic the difference seems to be between people from the Northeast and those from New Jersey in how they identify themselves.

Obviously, a lot of this has to do with the sheer difference in size between Philadelphia and most towns in New Jersey. People from the Northeast often distinguish themselves based on neighborhoods (or parishes, especially those who live in areas that are prominently Catholic; however, that is another column for another time), a point that can easily be proven by looking at the sidebar of this website. continue reading »

A Tacony man died Sunday night after losing control of his motorcycle.

The 50-year-old lost control of the vehicle at State Road and Unruh Avenue around 8p.m., causing him to crash into a tree. No other injuries were reported, and it’s unclear if the man was wearing a helmet.

A Tacony teenager was hospitalized last evening when she was struck by a bullet while sitting on her porch.

Taralyn Witzel, 18, was shot in the leg when passengers in a white van on the 4800-block of Levick Street began shooting at another vehicle. continue reading »

Police yesterday pulled an SUV from the Delaware River that was spotted going into the water Monday night.

When police arrived Monday at the Princeton Avenue boat ramp in Tacony, they were unable to find the SUV. The returned yesterday with police divers, and were able to pull the vehicle to land.

There is no word yet on how the car got there.

Philly.com is the home of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News — the city’s only two “city-wide” papers.

Neither paper knows where Tacony is. Last we checked, Tacony is part of Philadelphia, and shouldn’t be something our papers of record confuse with other neighborhoods.

But over the weekend, Tacony was called Port Richmond and Frankford by the Inquirer and Daily News, respectively. continue reading »

Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.

The Safety Ambassador Program has returned to the Frankford Business Corridor as of yesterday. The program — part of the Frankford Special Services District — was a part of Frankford in the late 1990s and will allow for of uniformed personnel to patrol Frankford Avenue in order to increase commerce on the corridor.

Keep reading for news on a police couple who saved the day, the first ever doctoral program at Holy Family, and more. continue reading »